In an industry that faces fallout from the sex abuse crisis, changing parish demographics and institutional disaffiliation, many Catholic publishers see these challenges as an opportunity to serve.
The Field Hospital: When Bishop Lucius Hre Kung of Hakha, Myanmar, visited St. Barnabas Parish in Indianapolis two years ago, a mere six families comprised the parish's Hakha Chin Catholic refugee community.
The Field Hospital: San Francisco parishes go to the U.S.-Mexico border; a young person raises money for water pumps and toilets in countries that need them; Honolulu parish gets ready to share the story of two saints who helped Hansen's disease patients
Priestly Diary: The first step to tackling the clericalism born of our fallen nature is talking about it. If we don't talk about it, we cannot treat the problem.
